by import2 | March 2, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Canada bans Russian ships from St. Lawrence Seaway News out of Canada will impact traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway. On March 1, Transport Canada said that it will soon ban Russian ships and fishing vessels from entering Canadian ports and internal waters, including...
by import2 | March 2, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 02 March 1889, the U.S. Congress passed two acts for establishment of a light station at Old Mackinac Point and appropriated $5,500 for construction of a fog signal building. The following year, funds were appropriated for the construction of the light tower and...
by import2 | March 1, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Northern Lake Michigan Straits of Mackinac: Sunday; 14:25 USCG Neah Bay departed St Ignace for Algonac. Monday; 8:28 USCG Mobile Bay departed Little Traverse Bay for Sturgeon Bay Sturgeon Bay: Monday; 18:20 USCG Mobile...
by import2 | March 1, 2022 | Boatnerd News
U.S. Steel to invest $60 million in pig iron production at Gary Works steel mill NW Indiana – Not every region steel mill is being disinvested in. U.S. Steel plans to pump capital into its flagship mill, Gary Works. The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker, one of the largest...
by import2 | March 1, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
HENRY FORD II (Hull#788) was launched on March 1, 1924, at Lorain, Ohio by the American Ship Building Co. She served as flagship of the Ford Motor Company fleet for many years and was eventually sold to Interlake Steamship Company when Ford sold its Great Lakes...